The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-12

lated bv the Permanent Committee
Of the Early Closing Association" to
close ct 1 o'clock on esch Saturday
afternoon during the months Of May,
June, July and August. Several large
manufactures, including ssddlery
manufacturers and manufacturing
ststioners, have joined the movement;
and oil houses which have rejected
Il are the retailers, who claim 1t
would curtail iles, and factories who
claim wages must be based upon work
by piece or hour one, that early clos
ing would necessitate corresponding
cut In wages, which they say work
men will not coneent to. Merchants,
clSYks, kookkeepe s,sslesmen, In ehort
To entire forces Of Wholesale houses,
Off ces, sgencies, etc, and the office
and factory forces Of the few msnuiac'
tories which have adopted the system
are the ones benefited by II, and In
these lines no interference with the
business whatever results. No trade
has been lost and the effect has been
TO stimulate the zeal and ability OF
employer and employe. No complaints
Whatever are heard, full time wages
are paid, and during last summer and
this spring many Of the NEST promi-
nent merchants urged sgeneral move.
ment 10 close business at o'clock
instead Of 8 O'Clock, O. be-.
fore. The custom 10 growing, many
stores aud Offices accepting II this
year that had not done 80 before.
There 10 no money to tie proprieotrs
In the movement, aud the feeling 10
that the Saturday half.holiday pro-
notes q better observance on sunday
as day Of rest end worship by per-
miitlng preparation and q proper ar.
rangement Of household aud social
duties and amusements otherwise
crowded into Sunday. Common labor.
era and factory hands aud clerks, who
at present are almost the sole bene6.
Charles Of II, have practically been shut
out Of this movement, or shut them.
eelves out Of II, by reason oil the time
basis OF calculating their earnings or
their unwillingnefs to iorego the earn
ines Of proposed hours oil early clos
ing. At rough estimate probably 10
per cent. Of the entire business and
working forces Of the city, all kinds,
participate directly in the early clos.
Ing.
BosroS, MASS.
d sroN, MAss July 1.-THE satur-
day half holiday In Boston In not q le.
gal one. There Ia no concerted effort
among all the trades to effect early
closing, but an agreement by each To
close Is made annually. There Is no
uniformity "a TO time; some trades
close at O'Clock, others at 2, and still
others at 3; but most OF the wholes ale
houses close at 2 O'Clock. The large
retail dry goods houses close at 6
o'clock. Enly closing In Boston Is
not general the year round-only dor.
ing the summer m0Dths-June, July,
August and usually September. The
benefit OF the o'clock closing OF the
retail stores, which, by the way, will
last only through July and August,
10 somewhat lessened by the rush OF
buyers Just before that hour, which
takes away from the talesmsn and
saleswomen from ten to thirty minutes
Of their privileged Nine. The
formally q osnvsseing for sig
natures TO an agreement TO
close early is gone through with
each year. Early closing In Boston Is
. com paratively recent custom. II Ia
BY no means universal, but 10 becom.
ing 80. No serious complaint Is heard
that the time gsined for recreation by
Boston employees Ia not we'll spent. A
very largs proportion Of talesmen aud
sales women live out Of town from Ave
TO twenty. five miles, and In almost
every direction. This TACT, taken with
the fsct that pleasure resorts along the
shore, - veil a. islard, are numerous,
makes the disintegrstion OF this great
army oil the employed 90 general, thai
NO siAtislics OF any worth bearing on
the matter are obtsinable. The Gus
tom obtains pretty generally through.
out Msssf chusst,s among all manu-
featuring establishments OF closing
Saturdays al o o'clock all tho year
round.
BALrInoRD, Nd.
BALTInoR., Mn, July ll,-There IA